Wind turbine near wakes and comparisons to the wake behind a disc

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 15593-15604

  Medici, Davide ^a   Alfredsson, P Henrik ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND TURBINES;

POWER LOSSES; STROUHAL NUMBER; TIP SPEED RATIO;

WAKES;

EID: 30744452472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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